Literary Anthology Coordinator’s Meeting Socorro Independent School February 4, 2016 DSC, Rooms C/D 4:30-5:30 p.m.

AGENDA Welcome Pulse Check: Where Are We On Things? – Collecting and Organizing Entries Expanding Files and Flash Drives Banquet Calendar Revisit – Next meeting date and items on agenda Q and A

Roles and Responsibilities Check Off/Update By now, you should have…  informed teachers of the different components within each genre.  provided exemplars of published authors and other students of each genre (if requested).  Note: a sample of the entire anthology is posted on the literary anthology website—teachers may see examples in the anthology for each genre and grade

SISD Literary Anthology Site Accessing the site…from the SISD website…click on… – Departments – Academic Services – Curriculum & Instruction – Districtwide Efforts – Districtwide Efforts All Grades – Literary Anthology

Roles and Responsibilities Check Off/Update

Roles and Responsibilities In Progress… Remember, you need to…  Collect the optimum number of quality entries. Each campus will be excepted to submit two of their best entries per genre (see chart), totaling 60 for elementary, 36 for middle schools and 40 for high schools.

Remember you also need to…  Develop a judging system to select the top 2 entries from each genre Roles and Responsibilities In Progress…

So…how’s it going with the collection of entries?

Real/ Imaginative/ Engaging Stories PoetryEssays To inform To explain LettersPersuasive Essay Personal Narratives Script K√√√XXXX 1√√√√XXX 2√√√√√XX 3√√√√√√X 4√√√√√√X 5√√√√√√X 6√√√√√√X 7√√√√√√X 8√√√√√√X HS √ Engaging Stories √√ Analytical Essays X√ Argumentative Essays X√ Genres

Entry Expectations Elementary Genres Total Number of Expected Entries is 60 Real/ Imaginative Stories K.14A 1.18A 2.18A 3.18A 4.16A 5.16A Poetry K.14B 1.18B 2.18B 3.18B 4.16B 5.16B Essays K.15A 1.19A 2.19A 3.20A 4.18A 5.18A Letters 1.19B 2.19B 3.20B 4.18B 5.18B Persuasive Essays 2.20A 3.21A 4.19A 5.19A Personal Narratives 3.19A 4.17A 5.17A Kinder1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ First1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ Second1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ Third1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ Fourth1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ Fifth1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ Campus : ____________________ Coordinator: __________________ Date: _____________

Entry Expectations Middle School Genres Personal Narratives 6.16A 7.16A 8.16A Poetry 6.15B 7.15B 8.15B Essay Inform/ Explain 6.17A 7.17A 8.17A Persuasive Essays 6.18A 7.18A 8.18A Letters 6.17B 7.17B 8.17B Imaginative Stories 6.15A 7.15A 8.15A Sixth 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ Seventh 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ Eighth 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ 1.____ 2.____ Total Number of Expected Entries is 36 Campus : ____________________ Coordinator: __________________ Date: _____________

Entry Expectations High School Genres Poetry E1.14B E2.14B E3.14B E4.14B Analytical Essays E1.15A E2.15A E3.15A E4.15A Argumentative Essays E1.16 A-E E2.16 A-F E3.16 A-F E4.16 A-G Engaging Stories E1.14A E2.14A E3.14A E4.14A Script E1.14C E2.14C E3.14C E4.14C English I 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ English II 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ English III 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ English IV 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ 1.______ 2.______ Total Number of Expected Entries is 40. Campus : ____________________ Coordinator: __________________ Date: _____________

school year flash drive

Format Agreement Make sure each entry is typed in Verdana font, size 12 and the title is size 14. Each entry needs to be double spaced. Bold the title and the info on bottom of entry

The printed copy WILL NOT contain any of the student’s identifying information So, to identify the student, you will paper clip the entry form to the printed copy. The entry form will include the genre, school code, genre code, entry number, etc. The saved copy WILL contain the student’s identifying information The flash drive is used for the publication of the anthology. Each submission is saved on the flash drive using the code that is on the judging form...so that it can be matched back to the work. When the coordinator opens the Word file, he/she will find the completed entry with all the information.

Flash Drive Sample Bold Title Bold

Materials/Documents Provided Flash Drive Expanding File Excel Tracking Sheet ( )

Coding

Genre Personal Narrative Genre Personal Narrative Grade Level 5 th Grade Level 5 th Entry # Campus Code (Horizon Heights)

Excel Tracking Sheet

Flash Drives One folder for each grade In each folder is a folder for each genre

Once you open your flash drive, you should see the folders organized by grade level (6-8 for middle school and 9-12 for high school). You will also see a folder where you will save your tracking sheet—once you receive it via .

You will then see a folder per genre for the grade level.

Reminder All entries are due on March 31, 2016 at the DSC.

Each Anthology Coordinator is responsible for bringing in 3-5 judges for the spring judging Submit names to Leslie Goldmann Please have names in before March 26 Judges

Venue: Pebble Hills High School Guest speaker update Theme: Play Write (drama masks) Banquet

Next Meeting March 24, :30-5:30 p.m. Old Ed Center (on Eastlake Blvd) Conference Room